COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
36878003017066
identifier
36878003017066
Barcode
false
Title:
France
title
France
Title
false
Contributor:
Lancaster, Elizabeth Lilian, 1852-1939, cartographer
contributor
Lancaster, Elizabeth Lilian, 1852-1939, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Brooks, Vincent, 1815?-1885, lithographer
contributor
Brooks, Vincent, 1815?-1885, lithographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Day & Son, lithographer
contributor
Day & Son, lithographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Hodder and Stoughton, publisher
contributor
Hodder and Stoughton, publisher
Contributor
false
Category:
Caricature
category
Caricature
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Create Year:
[ca. 1868]
date
[ca. 1868]
Create Year
false
Page No.:
5
description
5
Page No.
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
28 x 23 cm, on sheet 29 x 25 cm
obj_height_cm
28 x 23 cm, on sheet 29 x 25 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This map is from the book 'Geographical fun : being humorous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines' in which the maps are drawn by Elizabeth Lilian Lancaster. She was only 15 years old at the time and made them to amuse her ill brother. However, the author of the text, under the name Aleph, was William Harvey, a London doctor and journalist. Lancaster’s maps both taught geography and incorporated important political events and figures. The collection of maps together with the text are a one sided cartoonish view held by England and Englishmen of the political situation of the countries represented. This is also easily perceptible as all the countries are caricatures, sometimes very offensive, with the exception of England that is gloriously depicted in the figure of Queen Victoria accompanied by an elegant exaltation. On this particular map the verses allude to France seeing a reflection of its old merits but as the country was on the threshold of surrender in the Franco-Prussian war they seem futile and of no help to the situation the country was facing.
note
This map is from the book 'Geographical fun : being humorous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines' in which the maps are drawn by Elizabeth Lilian Lancaster. She was only 15 years old at the time and made them to amuse her ill brother. However, the author of the text, under the name Aleph, was William Harvey, a London doctor and journalist. Lancaster’s maps both taught geography and incorporated important political events and figures. The collection of maps together with the text are a one sided cartoonish view held by England and Englishmen of the political situation of the countries represented. This is also easily perceptible as all the countries are caricatures, sometimes very offensive, with the exception of England that is gloriously depicted in the figure of Queen Victoria accompanied by an elegant exaltation. On this particular map the verses allude to France seeing a reflection of its old merits but as the country was on the threshold of surrender in the Franco-Prussian war they seem futile and of no help to the situation the country was facing.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a colored caricature printed map from the book 'Geographical fun', 24 x 28 cm.
note
Original is a colored caricature printed map from the book 'Geographical fun', 24 x 28 cm.
Note
false
Note:
France is depicted as an old woman with Brittany as a mirror through which the country examines herself. The map is sided by the French coat of arms and flag.
note
France is depicted as an old woman with Brittany as a mirror through which the country examines herself. The map is sided by the French coat of arms and flag.
Note
false
Note:
Land masses and islands outlined with bathymetric isolines.
note
Land masses and islands outlined with bathymetric isolines.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in triple fillet.
note
Map outlined in triple fillet.
Note
false
Subject:
Caricatures
subject
Caricatures
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
France
geographic_area
France
Geographic Area
false
Relation Note:
5
relation
5
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
Geographical fun : being humourous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines
pub_title
Geographical fun : being humourous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
Harvey, William, 1796-1866
pub_author
Harvey, William, 1796-1866
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
[ca. 1868]
pub_year
[ca. 1868]
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
London
pub_location
London
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Library of Congress
source
Library of Congress
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://lccn.loc.gov/84675540
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
G1796.A6 H3 1868 Vault
original_call_no
G1796.A6 H3 1868 Vault
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
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MUST holding
false